Sad-iron.



E. H. PALMER.

SAD IRON.

APYLIOATION FILED JAN. 7, 1911.

1,005,459, Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

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.,EDWARD H. PALMER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SAD-IRON.

' scription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sad irons.

It has for its object an improved fuelburning sad iron in which the fuelis carried in a tank closely adjacent to the iron, is delivered througha conduit and discharge orifice controlled by a valve which is directlyunder the handle of the sad iron and burns in a double flame within thebody thereof.

In the drawings :Figure 1, is a side elevation. Fig. 2, is a horizontalcross section at the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8, is a horizontal crosssection at the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4., is a vertical longitudinalsection. Fig. 5, is a vertical longitudinal section of the burner.

The body part of the iron is double pointed and hollow with a circularcombustion chamber 2, formed by the circular baflie plate 3 which alsoforms the end cavities 4. The escape of burned gases takes place throughnotches 2 which communicate directly with the end chambers 4. A cover 5extends over the top of the body part and is provided with a raised partwhich forms a housing entirely closing in the cavity 7 at the rear, anda chamber 8 at the front. The raised part of the cover is notched at theend to receive pipe 10 which passes through the chamber 8 so as toexpose part of the pipe 10 to the heated air from the burner; betweenthe cavity 7 and the chamber 8 is a thick septum 26, provided with avertical passage 28 into which lead inlet passages 25 through the sidewalls of the septum. Fuel is contained in a tank 9 which is supported onthe pipe 10. The fuel is carried from the tank through the pipe 10 to aneedle valve located in a valve casing which terminates the pipe 10 andwhich, when in place, registers with the mouth of the passage 28. Theportion of the pipe 10 which passes through the chamber 8 and is exposedto the heat of the flame Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 7, 1911.

Patented Oct. 10, 1911.

Serial No. 601,248.

serves as a generator. The valve neck 16 is engaged by the bar 11 of thehandle which is notched at 17 for such engagement. This looks the pipe10 upon which is located the valve casing and which supports the tank,in a vertical position. The horizontally arranged lever extension 27which is attached to the valve stem is thereby also held in place andturns in a plane parallel to the bar 11.

The handle bar is made as a flat plate 11 with struts 11 and 11 betweenwhich is a wooden hand grip 18. The bar 11 is pivotally secured by setscrew 12 to the cover. A guard of perforated metal 20 is placed over thepipe 10 and an opening in the chamber 8 to prevent the accidental issueof flame therefrom. Flame, however, cannot issue through this openingunder ordinary conditions of use, as the flame employed to heat the ironis very small. Into the lower end of the septum is screwed a shortnipple 24 which couples to the septum a curved quadrant shaped member 22which is provided at each end of the quadrant with metal gauze. Thequadrant serves at each end as a burner, and that part included in theseptum comprising a passage 28, the nipple 24 and the quadrant forms amixing chamber or mixer. The burners direct flame against the circularbaflie plate 3.

The above structure allows the valve lever to be placed directly underthe handle, as well as the set screw 12 by which the engagement of thehandle bar 11 with the cover may be loosened and the bar swung away fromthe valve neck 16. The pipe with the fluid tank 9 which it supports, maythen readily be removed.

What I claim is 1. The combination of a sad iron, having a centralchamber, a mixer projecting into said chamber, a burner within saidchamber connected to said mixer, a fuel tank, a pipe supporting thesame, and leading therefrom, the said pipe adapted to register with saidmixer, and a pivoted handle adapted to engage over the said pipe andremovably hold the same in place, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a sad iron having a chamber, a mixer in fixedrelation with said iron and projecting into said chamber, a burnerwithin said chamber connected to said mixer, a fuel tank, a pipesupporting the same and leading therefrom, the said pipe having adischarge valve opening into said mixer, a handle pivotally connected tosaid sad iron and adapted to lock said pipe and valve in proper relationto said sad iron, and means for securing said handle from swinging onits pivotal connection, substantially as described.

3. A sad iron, having in combination a body portion having a hollowinterior, a battle plate dividing said interior into end chambers and acentral combustion chamber, means for supplying fuel, a mixer connectedtherewith and a plurality of burners connected with said mixer andadapted to direct flame against said baffle plate, substantially asdescribed.

4;. A sad iron, having in combination a body portion havin a hollowinterior, said body portion provided with notches at the sides forescaping gases, a cover for said body portion having a centralvertically disposed mixing chamber, a burner in the interior of saidbody and connected with said mixer, a fuel tank, a pipe supporting thesame and leading therefrom, a valve casing terminating said pipe anddischarging into said mixer, a needle valve in said valve casing, a stemconnected thereto, and a handle pivoted to the cover of said sad ironand adapted to lock the pipe in position, substantially as described.

5. A sad iron, having in combination a body having a hollow interior, acircular baffle plate dividing said hollow interior into a centralcombustion chamber and end chambers, means for supplying fuel, a mixerconnected therewith and a quadrant shaped pipe connected to said mixerhaving burner terminals directed against said circular baffle plate,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD H. PALMER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES T. BURTON, VIRGINIA C. SPRATT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

